Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED) helps companies tap Maryland’s strategic assets for business location. From investment and technology transfer opportunities at Maryland’s world renowned research institutions, to accessing the highest concentration of professional and technical workers in the nation, DBED can help your business succeed.

 



The Maryland Biotechnology Center (MBC) is a newly created organization by Governor Martin O’Malley and the Maryland Life Sciences Advisory Board. The MBC is a portal to resources and coordinated programs of entrepreneur and biotechnology infrastructure development, workforce training, connection to federal facilities, and marketing Maryland’s community.             

Human Genome Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company with three promising products in late-stage development: Albuferon® in Phase 3 trials for hepatitis C; LymphoStat-B® in Phase 3 trials for lupus; and ABthrax™ in late-stage development for inhalation anthrax.

The MdBio division of Tech Council of Maryland seeks to support and advance Maryland’s bioscience industry. Our areas of focus include: Facilitating meaningful networking and partnering programs; Increasing investment and finance opportunities; Education and workforce development; Acting      as the industry's voice on public policy issues.

The Montgomery County Department of Economic Development fosters a growing, diversified and innovative economy for businesses and residents alike, while sustaining the County’s outstanding quality of life. With 35,000 public and private-sector biotech professionals, 19 federal research and regulatory agencies, and one of the nation’s best educated workforces, Montgomery County, Maryland is truly the SMART Business Location. 

MedImmune strives to provide better medicines to patients, new medical options for physicians and rewarding careers to employees. Dedicated to advancing science and medicine to help people live better lives, the company is focused on cardiovascular/gastrointestinal disease, neuroscience, oncology, infection, respiratory disease and inflammation.

Frederick, the Northern anchor of the 270 Tech Corridor, is home to more than 70 bioscience companies. Frederick has the 2nd largest life sciences cluster in the state of Maryland. Benefits: low tax structure, no business personal property tax, fast track permitting and a techonology incubator. Companies include: Ft. Detrick, NCI, SAIC, Life Technologies, Lonza,  MedImmune.

 The University of Maryland, Baltimore is a thriving academic medical center with 1,200 faculty in schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, and Pharmacy conducting $1.5 billion in research since 2007 in cancer, genomics, HIV/AIDS, regenerative medicine, vaccines, and vascular biology. Its 10-acre BioPark is home to 12 bioscience companies and two major research institutes.